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The brief, decisive war with Spain transformed the United States into a two-ocean empire. In addition to occupying Cuba, Washington annexed Puerto Rico and Hawaii and seized control of Guam and the Philippines.
Reasons America entered the war. to protect American business interests in Cuba, the U.S.S. Maine blew up and we blamed it in Spain, Yellow Journalism. Results of the Spanish-American War. The U.S. emerged a world power, Puerto Rico, Guam and Philippines became U.S. territories, and Cuba was freed from Spain's rule.